Hydrogeochemical comparison and effects of overlapping redox zones on groundwater arsenic near the Western (Bhagirathi sub-basin, India) and Eastern (Meghna sub-basin, Bangladesh) margins of the Bengal Basin

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 99, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 31-48

  Mukherjee, Abhijit ^a   von Brömssen, Mattias ^b   Scanlon, Bridget R ^a   Bhattacharya, Prosun ^b   Fryar, Alan E ^c   Hasan, Md Aziz ^b   Ahmed, Kazi Matin ^d   Chatterjee, Debashis ^e   Jacks, Gunnar ^b   Sracek, Ondra ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^f MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bengal Basin; Groundwater; Hydrogeochemistry; Redox

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; NONMETALS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

BANGLADESH; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; SUB BASINS; SUB-BASINS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC CARBON;

ARSENIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; BENGAL; BHAGIRATHI RIVER [WEST BENGAL]; BRAHMANBARIA; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; INDIA; MEGHNA RIVER; NADIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 48449105999     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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